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Daanika Gordon
Assistant Professor
Contact Info:
Tufts University
Department of Sociology
Eaton Hall, Room 114
Medford, MA 02155
Office: 617.627.0727
Fax: 617.627.3097
Email Professor
Education
Ph.D., M.S., University of Wisconsin - Madison
B.A., University of California, Berkeley
Research Interests
Race and Ethnicity; Criminology, Law, and Social Control; Urban Sociology; Research Methods
Biography
Daanika Gordon is an Assistant Professor of Sociology. She received her Ph.D.
from the University of Wisconsin – Madison in 2018.
Daanika's research explores the intersections of race, space, and the law. Her
current project analyzes the relationships between racial segregation and
policing. Using several data sources, including ethnographic observation of
police work, she describes how the police respond to and shape unequal urban
landscapes. In previous projects, Daanika has studied how racial typifications
of neighborhoods permeate individuals' daily mobility patterns and how
institutional practices in a drug court impact clients' pathways through the
program. Her research has appeared in journals including Sociological
Perspectives, Socius, and The South Carolina Law Review.